2023 Hyundai Ioniq 6 vs. 2023 Tesla Model 3 | Electric Sedan Comparison Test | Price, Range & More!

two things that EVs and SUVs have in common both so hot right now but that means that for those who want to go electric but stay out of the utility game have really been starved of options the Tesla Model 3 has ruled the electric sedan Market since its debut in 2017 and deservingly so but dare we say that the model 3 has gotten a bit stale it's probably time for a new challenge to arrive something with a completely different approach something that will challenge the Tesla and force it to finally innovate something like this this is the Hyundai ioniq 6 and it's the Korean automaker's first crack at an electric sedan and the first real Challenger to the Tesla Model 3. now some might point to the pole star too but that hasn't really sold in enough numbers to give the Tesla any trouble but this Hyundai we think it might have a shot there is a precedent for Hyundai making viable Tesla Challengers the model y enjoyed a similarly dynastic Reign Over its segment until the ionic 5 came around it took the top spot in our SUV EV rankings rankings that you can see by clicking on the link somewhere over here the ionic six's range performance and features all at a similar price point to the model 3 make this a meaty comparison so can the upstart Hyundai pull another upset let's find out like most of Hyundai and Kia's other electric vehicles the onyx6 also rides on the same egmp platform and it shares this with the ioniq 5 SUV that we've liked so much that means that these two vehicles share a lot of the same components they have roughly the same powertrain battery and general layout but the ionic6 does a few things differently with its interior that make it look and feel different and we'll get more into those changes later but it also drives very differently thanks to this change in form factor from an SUV to a sedan we're right now in the most powerful ionic six model it's a limited dual motor all-wheel drive and it's dual electric motors pump out 320 horsepower and 446 pound-feet of torque sitting underneath me a 77.4 kilowatt hour battery pack that powers the whole thing out here on the streets this setup gives you plenty of power for day-to-day driving and it's enough to even let you have some fun in the process the interesting thing about the ionic 6 is that even though it's a sedan versus an SUV it only actually sits about half an inch lower than the ionic 5. so you might think that the two don't really drive all that differently but in practice this feels like a completely different vehicle somehow it has both better ride quality and more sharpness to it than the ionic 5. a vehicle that is more fun around our test track and on a windy road than you might think this thing just feels super planted all the time Hyundai did something really well with the spring rates and the suspension that makes this vehicle feel Lively underneath you without ever feeling like if you drive over a pothole or broken road like it's going to shake any of your teeth out more on that later as well steering field does Trend a little bit towards numb but the wheel does have nice weight to it and it feels precise this big battery that I'm sitting on top of again drops the center of gravity of this vehicle so low so that it has really good handling chops on windy roads that I've tested it on really enjoyable vehicle to drive almost kind of like a sports car feel to it if it had a little bit more steering feel this thing would really be a superstar on the streets honey allows you to choose between a few different Drive modes you can switch between using this little toggle here on the steering wheel and these paddle shifters instead of changing gears allow you to change the regen in its most aggressive region setting you do get one pedal driving but there's also this Auto regen mode that allows you to do a little bit more cozy and highway speeds and that actually ends up being the most efficient the brake blend on this vehicle is pretty good this transitions between regenerative and physical brakes is pretty seamless and under hard braking the nose stays pretty composed and it goes in a straight line giving you confidence to make things easier on the driver adaptive cruise control with Lane keep comes standard on all models and on the top two trim levels you actually get what's called Highway Drive Assist too and that system does a better job of centering the vehicle in the lane and even does automatic Lane changes with conditions allow it's a system that's really easy to use and most of it goes on the background so when you're using it it actually does help reduce driver fatigue because you don't feel like you're babysitting it all the time All In All We've Come Away impressed with the ion x6's Driving Experience and how easy it is to use at safety Eights now we're in the model 3 and the first thing that you notice about this vehicle is that it is quick quick and we're not even in the performance version I'm in a dual motor long range right now because that's the most analogous vehicle to the Hyundai that we're testing on both price and power but we should note that this model 3 does have about 41 horsepower than the ionic does like the other Tesla vehicles this model 3 loves to send you all of its power all at once it really has that head snapping acceleration from a stop that I personally don't really find all that useful or enjoy but it does make for a great party trick if you have a friend in the car just make sure that you warn them to put their head back first so that they don't snap it back when you hit the go pedal steering feel is adjustable in this car there's three different settings actually and you know sport is kind of the best one for driving on the road but it doesn't actually bring down that weight so then at low speeds it becomes really cumbersome the best one is probably the standard mode to set and forget but this is not a great handling vehicle if you turn it in sharply there's a bit too much body roll and the suspension doesn't seem to control the vehicle's weight all that well so you end up really pushing all that weight on the outside tire and then you get a lot of tire noise it's just really not an enjoyable vehicle to drive quickly unless you're doing in a straight line and trying to go real fast all at once very good at that fun fact we used to have a model 3 in the Edmonds long-term test lead and it was a 2017 model from when this vehicle actually debuted and our biggest complaint about it then was the ride quality fast forward to the present day and that complaint still exists especially driving this back to back with the ionic six you notice that it's just a lot busier on the road you really feel all the different sort of seams and bumps and the car never really seems to settle down even on very smooth highways that have been recently paved it's kind of like a kid that had a little bit too much candy and it just can't sit still at any point I should mention that this model 3 comes on the smaller wheels and has the larger tires so this is actually the best riding model 3 that I've ever tested every other one that I've driven has the bigger Performance Wheels but even though it's better here still nowhere near good the model 3 does also come with adaptive cruise control standard which works pretty seamlessly as it does in the Hyundai but if you want the more advanced safety features it's going to cost you you're going to have to either upgrade to the enhanced autopilot package or the full self driving package then that's an options box that we really don't think you should check more on that later driving these two back to back the Onyx definitely wins when it comes to comfort and Tranquility in the cabin the difference between these two is pretty much night and day speaking of Night and Day the exterior styling philosophies for these two cars could not be any more different for the Tesla it has these smooth kind of Curves and Body Lines that let your eye flow from front to back without stopping and shape has become so ubiquitous around Southern California that driving one renders you practically Anonymous the model 3 would be a great car to rob a bank with because you could get away quickly and then blend in with a silently roaming herd but in the ionic six you'll enjoy no such invisibility this design is a true head turner with details up and down the vehicle that cause you to stop and look at it I would say that I got just as many stairs driving this thing around as I have any kind of exotic supercar now the ionic 6 continues the Retro futuristic theme started in the ioniq 5 but with a much crazier shape as we go from the front to the back of the ionic six you can see that the roof line really tapers off sharply and this isn't just for looks it also gives the ionic 6 a very low coefficient of drag of just 0.22 and that edges out the model 3. these pixel details in the back really stand out especially at night Hyundai says that there are actually over 700 pixel details on this vehicle inside and out though I haven't counted myself because nobody's asked me to yet whether or not you like this eye-catching styling is a matter of personal taste but what can't be argued is that the ionic 6's shape does come at a cost and that cost is cargo room the ionic 6 only has 11.2 cubic feet of cargo space in its trunk and for some perspective your run-of-the-mill Honda Civic has up to 14.8 cubic feet so very down on cargo room by the Numbers especially when we compare it to the model 3. the model 3 has 19.8 cubic feet of cargo room on the spec sheet though when I look at it it doesn't really seem 80 large on the Hyundai that's probably because it has this extra underfloor storage compartment the Hyundai doesn't have but I have the sneaking suspicion that these two might actually be able to fit roughly the same amount of stuff behind the rear seats so we have a little test here I have a duffel bag and a couple check bags as well this is how they fit in the model 3 rather easily and we're going to see how they fit in the Hyundai so as you can see these three objects fit kind of just as easily in the Hyundai in some ways easier because you don't even need to stand this one up than they do in the model 3. one area of the model 3 does still hold an advantage though is with the seats down so drop the seats down in the Hyundai the pass-through is kind of small it pinches in a little bit at the trunk but the back of the Tesla is pretty wide open with those C sounds so if you want to fit a really large object easier to do that in the model 3. one annoyance about the Onyx 6 is that these little levers here that you can use to drop the seats even after you pull them you're going to have to go into the interior to actually fold the seats down now is that better than the model 3 which doesn't have those maybe it's just kind of annoying to think that it's going to do one thing and you still have more work left to do you know both of these vehicles have fronts only one of them is really usable the ioniq 6 is sharply sloping roof line doesn't have quite as much of an impact on back seat room as you might expect you do have to bend down a little bit to get in but once you're back here plenty of leg room there's so much actual legroom I'm about six feet tall I could be six six I could be six seven and probably still be okay from a legroom perspective Headroom though does start to run out a little bit there's a cut out here helpfully that sort of gives me room vertically but the side of this roof here is actually very close so if the driver makes a sudden turn to the right I'm going to bump into it with my head a little bit these seats don't recline but they sit you in a pretty good natural position though I do wish you had more thigh support from these cushions the floor is a little bit higher so as you can see there's space between the bottom of my legs and the seats so not really comfortable to sit back here for a really long time a few more things we do like visible air vents to the rear seat passengers and easily accessible USBC charge ports and one more feature that we really like in the ionic six there's a household plug here so you can charge items like a laptop here in the back of the model 3 its shape does allow you to get in a little bit easier but there are some things about the Ionix backseat that I prefer especially from a roominess perspective surprisingly there's less leg room for sure but you do get more Headroom thanks this large glass roof that goes over the top of the whole vehicle makes the cabin feel very roomy and Airy but on a sunny day like today it does mean that it can get quite hot here in the back seat just like in the ionic seat cushion on the bottom here doesn't quite go high enough to support your legs so in the same way not really a great place to be for more than a couple hours and this seat doesn't recline and sits a little bit too vertical for my taste as well but one thing I do like back here traditional air vents in a Tesla and two USB charging ports though you don't get the same household Outlet you get in the Hyundai just like these two vehicles have such different velocities when it comes to their exterior styling inside things couldn't be further apart as well more traditional here in the ionic six with this dual screen setup that we're seeing pretty much on every other vehicle that's not a Tesla these days this one to show things like your speed safety features and this one for the traditional multimedia uses inside the pixel theme does continue you do have to get to that 700 number somehow so you have these pixel details here on the seats on different parts of the dashboard and even here on the steering wheel these four dots actually spell out H and Morse code in case you're wondering they're not just random dots on the wheel the difference between this neonic 5 you don't get a movable center console but you still have this very nice kind of large open storage space under the tunnel here big enough to fit like a small bag and in here cup holders enough little Cubbies to fit things and of course a wireless charging pad up front now you will probably need to carry a USB cable because like every other Hyundai and Kia no Wireless Apple carplay or Android auto don't ask me why another thing that you're gonna have to note you're gonna have to carry a USB a cable because the only data Port is this one there are USBC ports spread throughout the cabin but those are charging only so if you want to send data you're going to have to do it through a usba and your phone actually won't charge as fast on a usba either so keep that in mind down here more physical controls and you're going to get the Tesla because the Tesla doesn't really have any so buttons for things to get like the maps or the parking camera really quickly and the climate controls are touch sensitive here but they are still very easy to use one thing that's weird Hyundai really slimmed down the doors and in doing so they've removed all the controls from the door so all your window switches actually go here in the middle something that might take a little while to get used to but I think that if you own this vehicle you'll be fine with that after a few weeks the Onyx also comes with some comfort features that the Tesla doesn't offer including cooled seats eventually seats are a feature that Tesla only offers on the model S and X so if you been a three or a y no cool seats for you although we will say this the overall comfort of these seats the Tesla probably beats this by a hair although we do like that these headrests come forward so you can actually lean back into it without feeling like you're staring up at the ceiling when you do here in the model 3 things are going to look familiar it hasn't really changed since the car's debut way back when so you're going to have a single Central screen here I will say when I drive the model 3 I do miss the instrument cluster I think that you know it's not terribly hard to see your speed and sort of the safety features working over here but it's just much much easier to have them right in front of you and it lets you keep your eyes on the road which is what we all want when we're driving traditional Tesla minimalism as always you don't get that large sort of lower Central bin here but you do get a pretty good size bin down here in addition to this storage here so plenty of space for small items one thing we do really like this wireless charging pad up here space for two phones seats here a bit more comfortable than the ones in the ionic six to me although we will say again we prefer the ionic six's headrest that reach a little bit forward but these do feel more supportive and I would probably rather sit in these seats for a long trip than those in the Hyundai in the model 3 as with all Teslas we sort of harped on the build quality but it has admittedly gotten better over the years I look around this vehicle and the panel gaps are not quite Perfect all around but it does feel much better put together than the early build model 3s now the centerpiece of this interior is of course the screen which you use to control just on everything no smartphone mirroring here but thankfully what Tesla has done with this screen we do really like all the menus and all the maps and everything everything's super Snappy very quick responsive the touch inputs pretty much immediately it's basically a large phone and we mean that in a good way the one thing I don't like though is these climate controls where you sort of have to change the direction of the air vents using the screen here it's much simpler to just have an air vent the minimalism here doesn't quite have the intended effect one thing that the Tesla does much better than the Hyundai the navigation experience especially as it relates to Chargers so in the ionic 6 you can search for Chargers but you can't really search for them as well on the map if you open up the list of available charging stations it just kind of shows you a list and then each individual location just shows you a little map view on the right but here on the Tesla it's completely different if I wanted to find charging stations all I do is hit charging and it shows me on this map where all the superchargers are around me it's impossible to talk about EVS without talking about range and charging and that brings us to what might be the model 3's biggest single advantage over the ionic six and that would be nothing to do with the car itself it's access to Tesla's supercharger Network which sets the standard for public charging recently several companies like Ford Chevrolet and rivian announced that they will be adopting the Tesla plug and that means that their vehicles will gain access to the supercharger Network Hyundai is also rumored to be considering this switch but for now if you're in the Onyx 6 you'll be stuck using other public charging networks and while you're on the go those experiences can be frustrating the good news is with both of these vehicles once they're plugged in they can both charge well north of 150 kilowatts and that's the top speed anyway for most of the public fast Chargers that you'll find let's talk range the Tesla has a big advantage on pay-per-view with an EPA estimated 358 miles compared to just 270 for the ionic 6 but Nar testing the Hyundai outperformed its estimate handily covering 303 miles on the patent-pending Edmonds EV range test when we put a model 3 long range on our mileage Lube a couple years ago it fell slightly shorter that estimate at 345 miles and when we retested this vehicle this car did just about the same notching 341 miles now between these two the Tesla does have a slightly smaller battery so it also uses its energy more efficiently but once you get above 300 or so miles in range the Gap to me isn't as important think about it when's the last time you drove somewhere where 340 miles versus 300 miles of range would make a difference it's likely not very often while the Tesla might consider itself to be a luxury vehicle in the Hyundai Harbors no such aspirations these two actually line up fairly closely on price however when you consider all factors there is a clear leader when it comes to value and it's the one with the weird t on the hood figuring out the exact cost of the model 3 can be tricky as the price on it tends to change but if we were to use the most current pricing data for this model 3 long range it would currently cost around fifty thousand dollars our test vehicle did come without one box we would probably check and that's for the enhanced autopilot package which adds six thousand dollars we think that it adds enough safety features like automatic Lane changes in an automatic parking system to justify its lofty price but the opposite is true for the so-called full self-driving capability a ridiculously expensive fifteen thousand dollar option that doesn't operate as advertised remember at this point any system that calls itself self-driving is lying to find more information on advanced Safety Systems check out the link in the description with the enhanced autopilot package the model 3 would cost close to what our ionic 6 test vehicle did but that's before you factor in the 7500 federal tax credit the model 3 qualifies for that the Hyundai does not unless you plan on taking advantage of the leasing loophole that is and that gives the Tesla a price advantage that's hard to ignore our ionic 6 test vehicle was rather expensive there's no avoiding it it was a top limited trim level with the most powerful Motors and the largest battery and it costs over fifty eight thousand dollars and while The Limited is nice it's not the one that we choose out of the bunch that distinction goes to the mid-grade SEL which to us offers greater value and even more range both of these companies do offer pretty robust warranties on these vehicles but the Hyundai does offer two things that the Tesla does not three years or 36 000 miles of free maintenance and two years of free 30-minute fast charging sessions on the Electrify America Network so be sure to get those road trips in early these two sedans take approaches as divergent as their styling would suggest the model 3's familiar formula of performance and utility is still appealing and even though I might not like the single screen interior philosophy it is very well executed especially when it comes to navigation and finding nearby charging stations Tesla Supercharger Network as well as the fact that it qualifies for a full federal tax rebate are also marks in the favor of the model 3. for the Hyundai the ioniq 6's Driving Experience is what really stands out it's a lot of fun from behind the wheel and better to drive than the model 3 in pretty much every way inside you'll also get a more traditional multimedia experience that some people would prefer with smartphone mirroring and of course you get Hyundai's excellent warranty and two free years of public charging that gives the Hyundai some value as well to see which of these sedans came out on top we head to the famous Edmonds rating where the model 3 scored an 8.0 a lofty Mark for the ionic six to try to beat after going through our exhaustive testing process the ionic six scores in 8.2 in the Edmonds rating and that's just enough to squeeze it past the model 3 and give the win to the Hyundai at the end of the day after the model 3 no longer sits alone atop its perch and while the Hyundai may not have done quite enough to unseat its rival is at the very least doubled the amount of viable electric sedans for consumers to buy that makes it twice in two tries for a Hyundai with first the ionic 5 and now the ionic six doing enough to unseat their Tesla Rivals from the top of the Edmonds leaderboard and with end versions of both vehicles seemingly on the way we'll soon get a chance to see if they can add even more fun to the mix without compromise thanks for watching 491 492 493. 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Length: 21min 18sec (1278 seconds)

Published: Fri Jun 23 2023